BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Introduction to Mechatronics

Assignment I

Section – D (Thermal)

Submitted to: Vennish Muthu

Submitted By:

Name ID

1. Asmamaw Kassa 0800433

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Field
Industrial Mechatronic Equipment
Hospital Mechatronic Equipment
Mechatronics in Day to Day Life
Example
Industrial Automated Assembly Systems
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV)
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Industrial Robot Arms
Rapid Prototyping Equipment
Respirators
Surgical Assistant Robots
Lung Capacity Meters
Kidney Dialysis Equipment
MRI Equipment
Vending Machine
Toaster
Washing Machine
Copy Machine
Home Security System
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2. As a Mechatronic Engineer, to construct an Automatic Welding Robot, I would follow
the Mechatronic System Design Process as follows…

The mechatronic design process consists of three phases: modelling and simulation,
prototyping, and deployment. All modelling, whether based on first principles (basic
equations) or the more detailed physics, should be modular in structure. A first principle
model is a simple model which captures some of the fundamental behaviour of a subsystem.
A detailed model is an extension of the first principle model providing more function and
accuracy than the first level model. Connecting the modules (or blocks) together may create
complex models. Each block represents a subsystem, which corresponds to some physically
or functionally realizable operations, and can be encapsulated into a block with input/output
limited to input signals, parameters, and output signals. Offcourse, this limitation may not
always be possible or desirable; however, its use will produce modular subsystem blocks
which easily can be maintained, exercised independently, substituted for one another (first
principle blocks substituted for detailed blocks and vice versa), and reused in other
applications.

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Step-1: Model-in-the-loop (MIL)

The model exists entirely in native simulation tool, example a Simulink block
diagram and it is good for control algorithm development.

Step-2: Software in the loop (SIL)

Part of the model exist in native simulation tool(Simulink) and part as executable as
C-Code and it is good for testing controller implementation in C-Code.

Step-3: Hardware in the loop (HIL)

Part of the model runs in a real time simulator, Example: GUI and LABVIEW and
part may exist as physical hardware and it is good for testing interactions with hardware.